A MAN was injured after a gang of youths burst into his house in Ellesmere Port.

He cut his hand after trying to escape from the window, and has had plastic surgery in hospital for his wound.

The man was attacked at a property in Redhills Mews, off Percival Road, at 10.50pm on Friday.

PC Vicky Reid of Ellesmere Port police said: 'The front door was forced and three males and three females entered.

'The females stayed downstairs with the female occupant of the house while the group of men went upstairs and confronted the male occupant.

'They punched him and used metal bars, possibly golf clubs, to hit him. He cut himself trying to escape out of the window.'

The attackers then left, although paramedics called to the scene were warned they could still be in the area.

Andrew Molyneux, spokesman for Mersey Regional Ambulance Service, said: 'Initially, we had a report of two people being assaulted by 20 people.

'When we arrived there was just the injured party who we took to the Count-ess of Chester.' The victim, who is not being named, was later transferred to Whiston Hospital in Merseyside for plastic surgery.

A 19-year-old man was hit in the face with a chair during an assault.

He'd been with a group of friends who were walking home in Ross Drive, Great Sutton, at 9.35pm on Friday.

PC Reid said: 'They were followed by a group of unknown males back to a house.

'Damage was then caused to this house and a car outside, and the male was assaulted.'

He sustained facial injuries and was taken to hospital. A man assaulted in Newnham Drive, Wolverham, at 1.10am on Sunday was treated for facial injuries at the scene by the MRAS Treat & Refer Vehicle.

He was not taken to hospital. It is believed he was assaulted elsewhere.

If you witnessed any of these assaults, or have information about them, call Ellesmere Port police on 01244 350222 or Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555111.